Radionuclide equilibria between the aquatic environment and fish tissues

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-74

  Pyle, G G ^a,b   Clulow, F V ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232;

EQUILIBRIUM; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM; THORIUM; WHITE SUCKER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BONE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FISH; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; URANIUM MINE; WATER POLLUTION;

CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI;

EID: 0032125415     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(97)00063-5     Document Type: Article

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